The Guardians pulled off an improbable, come-from-behind Saturday night in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, beating the New York Yankees 6-5 in walk-off fashion to take a 2-1 series lead.
A family-friendly, sing-a-long song echoing through the ballpark speakers. The menacing walk of a hitter who might be one of the last batters any pitcher would want to face in a big situation right now.
The juxtaposition between the cheery nature of the song and what he's probably about to do to a poor baseball is almost jarring. It's like Darth Vader entering the room to the theme from Barney. They've been open about how a lineup built on contact and aggressive base running can be a difficult way to win. They won't often bludgeon teams to death and win games with 12 runs. The 4-3, comeback victory just in time is more their speed. But they've gotten pretty good at it.
"It starts from the beginning. It starts from spring training. You can't just show up overnight and expect to do the things that we've done," catcher Austin Hedges said."It's something that we've preached and we've practiced from the get-go. When we have leadership like we do from top to bottom on this team, and guys that believe in each other and love each other and care about each other, you really show you can do anything you want to.
"Yeah it was just another Guards win. I feel like it's deja vu all over again. It's just what we do," Hedges said, describing a wild comeback victory."We've said it all year. You've gotta get 27 outs. There's a reason there's nine innings, there's 27 outs, and we only needed 26 of them today." Because for the Guardians, the stage is new, but the way they've won games isn't. They feel as though they only need the door to be cracked to break through.
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